- Google Brings Down Internet Balloons, Makes Bets On Other Moonshots
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 22, 2021
Advertisers looking to reach consumers in rural communities through ads, content or ecommerce sites via internet balloon will no longer have that chance -- at least for now. ...
- Comcast Urged To Abandon 'Inconceivable' Plan To Impose Data Caps During Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Comcast should reverse the decision to impose data caps, and reconsider "any perversion of the principles of net neutrality in Massachusetts," state lawmakers say. ...
- Why Web Freedom Won't Be The Same After COVID-19
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, December 28, 2020
"I do not want the government to be the ones to decide what should or shouldn't be posted online," said one participant in a panel about platform legislation. ...
- Alibaba Investigated By China's Government For Monopolistic Practices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 24, 2020
The probe looks into why merchants are required to sign exclusive cooperation pacts preventing their products and services being sold on other platforms. ...
- How Internet Speeds Changed During COVID-19
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shutdown workplaces and schools across the country, but many Americans shifted to working and studying from home. WhistleOut analyzed how internet speeds across the United Stat ...
- How COVID-19 Has Made The Internet Indispensable
MAD, Claire Graves - Thursday, December 10, 2020
Some 3,000 respondents across the U.S. in the survey we conducted in partnership with YouGov agreed that the Internet was the most powerful tool to support and uplift one anoth ...
- T-Mobile Thinks Small, Adds 130 Towns To Its New Home Internet System
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
With home broadband "broken, especially for those in rural areas, it's time cable and telco ISPs have some competition," says exec. ...
- Congress Urged To Prevent Broadband Providers From Abandoning DSL Subscribers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 30, 2020
Congress should prevent telecoms from discontinuing older internet access technology without also offering a replacement, a coalition of advocacy groups urged Friday. ...
- Supreme Court Won't Intervene In Battle Between Cybersecurity Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 13, 2020
In a defeat for cybersecurity company Malwarebytes, the Supreme Court left in place a decision allowing rival security company Enigma Software to proceed with claims that it was wrongly flagg ...
- Facebook High On Consumer List For Spying On Users
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 12, 2020
Data suggests that 85% of Americans believe big tech companies spy on them. Now what? ...
- FCC Preps Order Affirming Net Neutrality Repeal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 5, 2020
In a move blasted by open internet advocates, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has circulated an order affirming the agency's 2017 decision to revoke the Obama-era net neutrality rules. ...
- On Anonymity, Friends --- And How Real People Matter
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Sunday, September 27, 2020
Selling a phone on Craigslist, I found strangers who curse at you and think nothing of it --- and then, something better. ...
- California Urges Judge To Leave Net Neutrality Law In Place
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 18, 2020
"The central importance of free and open Internet access to modern life has never been more apparent than during the current COVID-19 public health crisis," California Attorney General Xavier Becer ...
- Internet Society Urges FCC To Reject Trump's Attempt To Regulate Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The nonprofit Internet Society is warning that the Trump administration's attempt to tamper with a law protecting web companies poses risks to the security and stability of the internet. ...
- 3 Biggest Impacts On Business From COVID-19
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The biggest impacts on businesses revealed in a study from Catchpoint might surprise marketers, as companies like Verizon Wireless look to fill hundreds of permanent work-from-home customer service
positions. ...
- Moz Plans Updates To Its Page Authority Algorithm
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
SEO-focused firm Moz made plans to update its Page Authority algorithm. How will it influence search campaigns? ...
- How CenturyLink Sunday Internet Outage Impacted Advertising, Ecommerce
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Early predictions suggested disruption of 3% to 5% of internet traffic, from slow websites to videos and ads. Sunday "was a bad day for the internet," said Mehdi Daoudi, C ...
- Sunday Internet Outage Brings Down Amazon, Twitter, Email, Hulu, Other Services
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 31, 2020
Email was among many services affected by a massive internet outage Sunday morning. The problem originated with CenturyLink, which says service was restored on Sunday morning. Overall, there was ...
- Internet Giant J2 Global Acquires Kickbox, Email Deliverability Firm
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Kickbox joins a group of brands owned by J2 Global, a media giant that projects 2020 revenue of around $1.4 billion. ...
- Consumers Age 65 And Older Are Attracted To Non-Brand Terms
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Microsoft provides data and details how marketers can successfully connect with consumers who are age 65 and older. ...
- Verizon 5G 360-Degree Camera To Perform At Indianapolis 500
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 21, 2020
5G changes the way broadcasters and content producers create events, enabling them to produce them from anywhere with more unique camera angles and control the view from a smartphone wi ...
- ViacomCBS Exploring Sale Of CNET To Red Ventures
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, August 19, 2020
The price being discussed with Red Ventures, a digital-media holding company, is $500 million, report WSJ sources. ...
- Internet Brands Inks Deal With AnyClip To Match Online Video With Content
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 17, 2020
Internet Brands will announce a video technology deal Monday with AnyClip to use its Luminous video technology. ...
- The 'Real Money' Behind Pirate IPTV Services: $1 Billion+
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, August 7, 2020
According to a study released Thursday by the Digital Citizens Alliance and technology firm NAGRA, about 9 million fixed U.S. broadband subscribers currently subscribe to at least one of 3,5 ...
- Amazon Gains FCC Approval To Launch Internet Satellites
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 31, 2020
In a move that will turn Amazon into an internet satellite provider, the FCC has approved the company's Project Kuiper. It will allow the tech company to operate 3,236 satelli ...
- Charter Sees 3% Q2 Revenue Growth With Broadband, Mobile Higher, Local Ad Sales Sink 37%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 31, 2020
Charter Communications reversed its declining video subscriber loss with a net 102,000 increase in subscribers during the Q2 period. ...
- Virgin Email Outage Reported; Company Denies Widespread Problems
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Some UK users are still complaining that their broadband is down. Virgin reportedly confirms a technical issue. ...
- Digital Quality Of Life Study Reveals How Countries Rank On Internet Quality, Security, Affordability
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 28, 2020
During the first month of lockdown, people in 49 of 85 countries experienced slower mobile internet speeds and people in 44 countries experienced slower broadband speeds, a study released Tuesd ...
- Let's Put An End To Doomscrolling!
Media Insider, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Doomscrolling describes the near-endless phone scroll of reading news feeds and diving into content that relates to the day's topical news. ...
- Time's Up For Internet, Wireless Providers' 'Keep Connected' Pledge During Crisis
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Pledge meant those companies would not discontinue service or charge late fees for cell phone customers unable to pay because of new economic hardships. ...
